1a, Ditchling Rise, Brighton, BN1 4QL

1a is a semi-detached house in Brighton (BN1 4QL). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. At 59 m² this is the 25th smallest of 52 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 27–210 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (39 versus a best of 78). The latest certificate (February 2020) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since September 2009. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £267,000 is 21.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£346/sq ft) was about 53.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £220,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.